Case: 20-11063 Document: 00516188182 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/01/2022
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
February 1, 2022
No. 20-11063
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
United States of America,
Plaintiff—Appellee,
versus
Roderick Dewayne Jones,
Defendant—Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:20-CR-90-3
Before Davis, Jones, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
The attorney appointed to represent Roderick Dewayne Jones has
moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief and supplemental brief in
accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States
v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Jones has filed responses and moves
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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for the appointment of new counsel. The record is not sufficiently developed
to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Jones’s claims of ineffective assistance
of counsel; we therefore decline to consider the claims without prejudice to
collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).
We have reviewed counsel’s briefs and the relevant portions of the
record reflected therein, as well as Jones’s responses. We concur with
counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for
appellate review. Accordingly, the motion for leave to withdraw is
GRANTED, counsel is excused from further responsibilities herein, and
the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2. Jones’s motion
for the appointment of new counsel is DENIED.
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